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Global Game Jam
AbbreviationGGJ
Formation2008, with first Game Jam held January 30–February 1, 2009
Typenon-profit charity 501(c)(3)
HeadquartersSan Luis Obispo, California[1]
International
President
Joseph Olin
Johanna Summers
Parent organization
Global Game Jam, Inc.
3
Volunteers
1000+
Websitehttp://www.globalgamejam.org

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The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is an annual distributed game jam. Inspired by the Nordic Game Jam, and created by Susan Gold, Ian Schreiber, Gorm Lai and Foaad Khosmood, originally developed under the International Game Developers Association Education SIG to bring together the elements of creativity, collaboration and experimentation. At each site, participants gather to develop ideas, form small groups, create new, creative, innovative games, and present them to their peers and the global community, all in a limited time span. As of 2013, GGJ is managed by Global Game Jam Incorporated.[1] Current and past board directors include the founders Elonka Dunin, Lindsay Grace and Zuraida Buter. In January 2019, GGJ generated teams in 860 sites in 113 countries, who over the course of one weekend created 9,010 games.[2] The Global Game Jam carries a registered trademark.

Participants[edit]

Participants in the Global Game Jam are of all skill levels and in various fields. Everyone from professional game developers to educators to artists and designers is welcome to participate.[3] Once the jam begins, participants come up with game ideas, before pitching those ideas to each other and forming teams to work together on a project.[4]

Event organization[edit]

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An image from the Global Game Jam in Los Angeles 2015

Groups wishing to host a jam site must fulfill certain requirements. Their location must have Internet access for everyone involved, access to development resources such as an IDE, possibly preinstalled at the location, an event coordinator, beverages and nearby food access, if possible, round-the-clock availability of the location, and security for belongings.[4]

At each site, the Global Game Jam runs continuously for 48 hours in each time zone, beginning at 5:00 PM on the start date, and ending at 5:00 PM two days later. The recommended schedule includes a short planning and team creation period, followed by development time until 3:00 PM on the final day. The last few hours are set aside for teams to present their creation to each other. However, sites are not required to follow this schedule.[5]

At the beginning of the event participants are given a theme, such as “Extinction” in the 2011 Jam. Participants are asked to create a game that in some way relates to this theme. Additionally, participants are given a list of “achievements”, also referred to as diversifiers.[6] These are designed to drive creative development by adding a unique or limiting factor to their game’s design.

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Past events[edit]

The first Global Game Jam was held from January 30 – February 1, 2009, at 53 locations across the globe. During the jam, 1650 participants created 370 games.[7][8]

The second Jam expanded further in 2010, increasing to 138 sites and resulting in 900 games made by 4300 creators.[5]

The 2011 Game Jam, which ran January 28–30, gathered 6500 participants at 169 sites who created over 1500 games total.[9]

The 2012 Game Jam ran January 27–29 with over 10,684 participants in 242 locations (47 countries). 2209 games were created. According to a March 2 press release, the Global Game Jam is recognized as the largest in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records.[10]

The 2013 Game Jam was held January 25–27 with 16,705 participants in 319 locations (63 countries). 3248 games were created.[11]

The 2014 GGJ was held January 24–26 with 23,198 participants in 488 locations (72 countries). 4290 games were created.[12]

The 2015 GGJ took place from 23 to 25 January with 28,837 participants in 518 registered jam sites in 518 locations (78 countries). 5438 games were created.[13]

The 2016 GGJ was held January 29–31 with over 36,164 participants in 93 countries.[14]

The 2017 GGJ was held January 20–22 with over 36,401 participants in 95 countries.[14]

The 2018 GGJ was held January 26–28 with 42,811 participants in 108 countries. 8,606 games were made at 803 locations.[14]

The 2019 GGJ was held January 25–27 with 47,009 participants in 113 countries. 9,010 games were made at 860 locations.[14]

The 2020 GGJ was held January 31 - February 1 with 48,753 participants in 118 countries. 9601 games were made at 934 locations.[14]

The 2021 GGJ was held January 27 - January 31 with 28,825 registered participants at 585 sites in 104 countries. 6,383 games were made. (Online only due to COVID-19 pandemic)[14]

Event themes[edit]

GGJ theme of year 2012, an Ouroboros figure.
  • 2009 - 'As long as we have each other, we will never run out of problems'[14]
  • 2010 - 'Deception'[14] (plus extra time-zone-specific themes, including 'The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain')
  • 2011 - 'Extinction'[14]
  • 2012 - An image of Ouroboros.[15]
  • 2013 - Sound of a Heartbeat[16]
  • 2014 - 'We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.' [17]
  • 2015 - 'What do we do now?'[18]
  • 2016 - 'Ritual'[14]
  • 2017 - 'Waves'[14]
  • 2018 - 'Transmission'[19]
  • 2019 - 'What home means to you'[20]
  • 2020 - 'Repair'[21]
  • 2021 - 'Lost and Found'[14]

Intellectual property[edit]

All games produced are created under the Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 free license, and while they remain the intellectual property of their creators, the Global Game Jam retains the ability to use any game as promotional material.[5][22] As a part of this and as part of the license, every game is archived, along with source code for many digital games, on Global Game Jam’s website.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ ab'About'. Global Game Jam. September 13, 2013.
  2. ^'Time to go home... GGJ19 roundup'. Global Game Jam. January 29, 2019.
  3. ^Serrels, Mark. 'Game Jam: Saving The Australian Games Industry In 48 Hours'. kotaku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ^ abBasic Questions. http://www.globalgamejam.org/wiki/basic-questions#ggjArchived 2012-09-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2/14/2011.
  5. ^ abcd'Global Game Jam'. Global Game Jam.
  6. ^'Global Game Jam Diversifiers'. Official Global Game Jam Website. Retrieved 19 April 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  7. ^Jacobs, Steve. “Global Game Jam 2009: A Worldwide Report.” p1. 2/25/2009. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3943/global_game_jam_2009_a_worldwide_.php.
  8. ^Whitacre, Andrew. “GAMBIT Game Lab to build new video games in 48-hour marathon.” 1/5/2010. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/gambit-game-jam.html
  9. ^Alexander, Lee. “Global Game Jam Sees Biggest Year Yet With 6,500 Participants.” 1/25/2011. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/32750/Global_Game_Jam_Sees_Biggest_Year_Yet_With_6500_Participants.php
  10. ^'Global Game Jam Sets Guinness World Record™ for Being The Largest Game Jam in the World'. www.gamasutra.com.
  11. ^http://2013.globalgamejam.org/news/2013/02/04/global-game-jam-2013-numbers
  12. ^'GGJ 2014 by the Numbers'. Global Game Jam. February 16, 2014.
  13. ^'GGJ 2015: The Official Stats'. Global Game Jam. January 30, 2015.
  14. ^ abcdefghijkl'History'. Global Game Jam. October 9, 2013.
  15. ^'GGJ 2012 Theme'.
  16. ^'GGJ13 Theme'.
  17. ^'GGJ14 Theme!'. Global Game Jam. January 24, 2014.
  18. ^'Twitch Jams 2015 #GGJ15'. GameDev.net.
  19. ^'The theme for Global Game Jam 2018 is…'. Global Game Jam. January 26, 2018.
  20. ^'The theme for Global Game Jam 2019 is…'. Global Game Jam. January 25, 2019.
  21. ^'The theme for GGJ 2020 is…'. Global Game Jam. 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  22. ^https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Retrieved 2/8/2011.

External links[edit]

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GameSalad Dressing

Every month, we thought we’d share resources and ideas from around the internet to help your students in their Game Development and Computer Science careers. Some dressing for your students’s GameSalads!

“Extra Credits” Channel on YouTube

As you near the end of your year, your students may be starting their capstone projects. If your students are on a yearly GameSalad license, they may want to continue developing their games over the summer!

After several weeks of following tutorials, your students are now facing the proverbial blank page. One place for inspiration for getting started is the Youtube channel Extra Credits.

Co-writer James Portnow was an early friend of GameSalad and we’ve been enjoying this channel for years. They cover a wide range of topics, from Game Design fundamentals, game criticism, and even deep dives into historical events!

Back in 2015, they created a series of videos on “Making your First Game”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z06QR-tz1_o&list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5C6QC36h5eApOyXtx98ehGi

Hopefully your students will find this helpful as they begin creating their first original games!

Game Jams!

As we enter another month of social distancing, there’s never enough ideas to keep your students engaged. Why not challenge your students to a game jam!

A game jam is an event where students are challenged to finish a complete video game experience around a theme in a very short amount of time (usually 48 or 72 hours). It’s the game version of a hackathon, if you’ve heard of those.

Since your students might not be able to fully dedicate themselves for a 48 hour period, maybe create a different timebox…

Give your students 1 week to finish a game in GameSalad.
Give them a theme:: “distancing” or “containment” or “joy” for instance. Leave the theme vague so there’s room for interpretation.
Consider giving them extra constraints or help to ensure success, such as:

  • Make a game based off the Monster Maze Unit
  • Make a game using only these 5 pieces of art and these two sounds.

And most importantly, have them share their games!

Some ideas for elements on which you can grade this project:

  • Is the product interactive? A digital game rather than a movie.
  • Does it follow the theme? It may be a tenuous link, but the link should be there.
  • Does it have a goal? Remember, there’s room for creativity, so the goal can simply be story completion or “last as long as possible”.

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Final presentation:

  • Where did this idea come from?
  • How does it link to the theme?
  • What challenges did you meet that shaped changes between your initial idea and the final product?
  • How did each team member contribute?
  • What outside art and music resources were pulled in?
  • What would they do to continue developing this game if they had more time?
  • Do they see themselves continuing building this game

Completion. We don’t encourage grading on “full” completion. One of the important parts of a game jam is the room to take creative risk. This should be a criteria, but not the most important. A suggested scale:

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  • No implementation. 0%
  • Partial implementation, incomplete. 80%
  • Complete per final presentation goals. 100%

To help inspire your students here is the Extra Credits team again, giving their keynote to the 2017 Global Game Jam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xfxx27HbM4

If your students enjoy the experience, encourage them to join other game jams. Here are a few:

  • Global Game Jam https://globalgamejam.org/ – January
  • Ludum Dare – https://ldjam.com/ – April and Oct every year
  • Itch.io Game Jams – https://itch.io/jams – Created by users all throughout the year.

Have a great digital May!
The GameSalad Team